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Bureau of Land Management officials broke up a 2,000-plant marijuana operation in Nevada last year, but the cleanup was still ongoing last week.

Alaska is planning to move part of an Arctic highway threatened by a landslide of frozen debris.

Water scarcity may cause future conflicts in countries in the Tigris-Euphrates and Nile river basins, according to the World Water Council's president.

Neonicotinoid pesticides pose a serious threat to pollinating insects and wildlife, according to a new analysis of research from around the world.

U.S. agriculture officials hope a new website detailing how to get started in the farm business will help entice a new generation of farmers to join a rapidly aging industry.

The Federal Highway Administration must make sure that its workforce planning keeps pace with program restructuring required under MAP-21, the transportation law enacted almost two years ago, the Department of Transportation's inspector general said in a report released yesterday.

A union representing platinum miners in South Africa has called an end to a five-month strike, the longest work stoppage in the country's history.

A light mist of natural gas condensate has withered crops and trees and fouled the air near a small eastern Kansas town after a pipeline erupted last week.

Several environmental groups are appealing a decision by Port of Long Beach commissioners to allow activities related to fossil fuel exports.

Even as Americans are plugging in more electronic devices with bigger screens, faster processing and pixel densities undetectable to the naked eye, the machines are collectively consuming less power, according to a report released yesterday by the Consumer Electronics Association.

Bipartisan mayors from all over the United States unanimously approved a resolution yesterday for cities to use natural solutions to fight climate change.

The Army Corps of Engineers is not responsible for recurring flooding along the Missouri River, federal government lawyers said.

House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and more than 30 other lawmakers are urging the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to scrap U.S. EPA's Chesapeake Bay pollution limits.

Local officials confirmed yesterday that a body found in an alpine region of Mount Rainier National Park was the well-known Seattle hiker and outdoors writer missing since last week.

A preservation group has added Palisades Park in New Jersey to its 2014 list of the most endangered places in America.

The Bureau of Land Management yesterday announced a decision to remove around 140 wild horses from southwestern Utah despite outcry from mustang advocacy groups.

A national mining group says a recent academic study casts doubt on the science used by the Fish and Wildlife Service to determine that the greater sage grouse warrants federal protection, and the group is asking the service to re-evaluate whether the bird is truly in great peril.

A paper on the toxicity of genetically engineered corn to rats has been republished in another journal, after the original version was retracted for being "inconclusive."

The international community should restrict fishing on the high seas, limit plastics and end fishing subsidies as part of a "rescue package" to restore the ocean's health, according to a group of top government officials, former heads of state and business leaders from around the world.

Environmental groups launched a nearly $1 million effort today to defeat Iowa Republican Senate nominee Joni Ernst, who is battling Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley for retiring Sen. Tom Harkin's (D) seat.

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